Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-02 | Page 2 | Inside Stuff

I INSIDE STUFF WASHINGTON April The 2 mUd mild demeanor Secretary Hull Js is deceiving Behind It he hides hides' the heart ot of a Canadian northwest policeman H He always always' gets his man This time the man is is- none other than President Roosevelt's own foreign trade adviser George Peek When Mr Peeks Peek's appoIntment was announced It was generally assumed as around the state department that Mr Hulls HuBs Influence nce on on that subject sub sub- was on the wane vane Mr Peek Peck was supposed to be the big bis influence on foreign trade overriding the tive commercial policy committee started by Mr Hull Mr Hull saId nothing but WilS an an- noyed A Ave ve week k kg ago g Laugh on the White House Mr Hull but gave out an Not for Ion live order formally formal ly Installing Mr Peek him to work with The laugh was on Mr Hull but not for S 1 Two days after Mr Roosevelt Roose left lefton on his fishing trip Mr Hulls Hull state department department de de- made public a supplemental 11 executive order the president had signed before h hr left Why its announcement was delayed 48 hours was not explained but the fact is that by that time Mr Roosevelt Roose- Roose Roosevelt velt was out on the Astor yacht out of reach ot of Mr Peek and everyone else This supplemental order ly Iy instructed Mr Pe Peek k not to interfere inter inter- fere with the executive policy com It did not say directly but clearly implied that Mr Peek was also not to interfere with Mr Hull and gave Mr Hull the rIght to name a representative on the policy committee commit tee The inner departmental circles each other and allowed that many many influential have found it distinctly unprofitable to step on Mr Hulls Hull's toes lie He is decidedly not nota a Mr Milquetoast Those on the inside at the N R A Aare Aare are talking among Radical themselves about Change Under the Way In N R It A which have been quietly going on within the organIzation For instance W. W Harriman has virtually taken the entire routine of oU General Johnson during the last few weeks He appears to berun be running run run- ning the show since he was made first assistant administrator One job General Johnson has taken on recently Is th the writing o of office otice orders They to be more secret than a supreme court decision If anyone anone is caught disclosing an order or der outside the organization it con I j grounds for dismissal Lately the orders have been more picturesquely worded than when they were written try by Executive Alvin Brown S S These and other signs have led to considerable discussion as to the future fu ture of the N R A. A Some wise boys are saying the outfit will grow less and less important They eXpect that thata a compliance drive will vill be started soon by the legal leeal division The show will then center around technical Individual in in- cases of enforcement Any broad further curtailment ot of hours seems to be out of the question The tendency of the administration I is S t to 0 temporize Tendency with the existing Is to Await Awalt set up and await Developments n ii t s in hopes that more reforms may be forced later put ut industry is getting its back up It is organizing quite effectively back back- the Wagner labor board bill Three of the largest industries have sent letters to all stockholders urging them to campaign actively against the measure They will probably be able to block it for this session S S S The White Mouse House crowd took the defeat on the veterans veterans' pay restora restoration tion bill very hard Th Their lr advance jn- jn n. n I formation was to the effect cUed that the senate would would- save save them by sustain sustain- I I tag the veto It is rather important politically b but t not financially Wh WhEn the figures are all all all' allin in June I 30 you will find Only that Mr Roose What cUs budget esti Was Expected mate of oC this years year deficit will ivill be just about what he thought it would be He has been unable to spend money as he estimated The condition or of the treasury will not be as seriously affected by the additional expense of f the v pay restorations That Js Is only a a drop in a seve seven bit bit- lion bucket SS The I inner mer group at the state depart depart- meat ment believes it is going to be a longtime long ti time e anyone gets a y money OIe out ot of Berlin Germanys Germany's gold cold reserves according to their calculations are only 8 percent per cent of her total currency outstanding ing Her gold position is so 80 bad she c cannot pay for current curre t foreign purchases pur pur- chases and has slapped m an embargo on cotton on-cotton cotton wool wooi Ct etc Hitler's diplomats diplomat have been sounding sounding sound sound- ing us out on a proposition n whereby they would pay in kind for th their ir domestic do do- p purchases That means mems we would have to buy in Germ Germany ny as much as they buy here We will not fall faU for tor that one